Water-gage.



I s. E. OAUGHEY.

WATER GAGE.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 18, 1913.

( 1,098,016. Patented May 26,1914.

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WATER-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application filed June 18, 1913. Serial No. 774,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CAUGHEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Gages, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water gages andmore particularly to an electrical water gage and the object of theinvention is to provide a water gage wherein the height of the waterwithin the boiler will be readily indicated by electrically controlledlights and should the boiler be filled or emptied of its contents, asignal will be promptly given, notifying the operator of the'conditionof the water Within the boiler.

Another object of the invention is the pro-' vision of a water gage ofthe above character which will ossess advantages and points ofefficiency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture, and at thesame time is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is a front elevation of a water gage constructed in accordance with myinvention and illustrat: ing the application of the same. Fig. 2 is aside elevation.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates a boiler whichmay be of any well known construction, and mounted thereon is acylindrical casing 2 which is suitably supported by means of the legs 3,said legs being removably secured to the-top portion of the boiler.Pivotally mounted within the central portion of the casing 2, is an arm4, upon the outer end of which is mounted a contact brush 5. A secondcontact brush 6 is mounted uponthe arm adjacent the outer end thereof.The inner contact brush 6 is adapted for engagement with a somewhatcircular contact plate 7 which is arranged upon the casing 2 and at oneside of the center thereof. The contact plate 7 is connected by means ofthe wire 8 to the line wire 9, whereby suflicient current is supplied tothe brush.

Arranged within the casing and arranged in a semicircle around thecontact plate 7, are the contact blocks 10, 10" and 11, each of saidcontactblocks being adapted to be engaged by the contact brush 5 tocomplete a clrcle, it being understood that each one of the contactblocks is connected through the medium of the wire 12, with the lineWire 9. The contact blocks 1.0 are each connected with a light 13, bymeans of the wires 14:, the lower one of said lights being directlyconnected to the wire 12. The upper contact block 10 is-connected bymeans of the wire 15 to a bell 16, said bell being further connected bymeans of a wire 17 to the contact block 10. i

Arranged at the'lower end of the blocks 10 is the contact block 11 whichis connected, through the medium of the wires 18, to the connecting wire12, a bell 19 being suitably connected to the wires 18, so that when thecontact brush 5 1 is engaged with the block 11, a current will passthrough the bell 19 to ring the same. Furthermore, when the brush 5 isin engagement with the block 10, a current will pass through the bell16.

The arm 4 is rotated in a half-circle by means of a second arm 4, whichprojects outwardly from the center casting 20. Pivotally secured to theouter end of the arm 4' is a link 21, the lower end of said link beingpivotally connected to the upper'end of a float rod 22. Mounted upon thelower end of the rod 22, is a float 23 which may be of any well knownconstruction and which is to be arranged within the boiler 1. From this,it will be seen that as the water rises and falls within the boiler, thefloat .23 is raised and lowered to actuate the arm 4. From the positionillustrated inthe accom panying drawing, it will-be seen that the float23 is almost at its highest point and the contact brush5 is inengagement with the block 10, thus supplying current to the bell 16 toring the same, thereby notifying the operator that the water has nearlyreached its highest point in the boiler. It will be readily understoodthat when the float 23 has reached its lowest point in the boiler, thecontact brush 5 will be brought into engagement with the block 11,passing a current through the bell 19 to signal the that the brush haspassed over.

operator that the boiler has been nearly emptied of its contents.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings, itwill be readily apparent that the height of the Water within the boiler4 may be readily indicated through the medium of the lights 13. Thus, asthe float 23 rises, the contact brush 5 will ass from the block 11 ontothe lower one of the blocks 10, lighting the lower light 13 and asthecontact brush 5 passes on to the next block, it will light the secondlight and by the arrangement of the wires 14, it will be readily seenthat a continuous current will be supplied to each one of the lightsThus, as the contact brush reaches its highest point, each one of thelights 13 will be turned on, indicating that the boiler is nearly fulland asthe brush engages with the contact block 10, it will ring the bell16, to indicate that the-boiler is full.

- From this construction, it will be seen that I have provided a simpleand durable water gage which will readily signify to the operator thecondition of the water within the boiler. It will also be seen that Ihave provided a device which is simple in construction and can bemanufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Y While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention,it will be obvious that various changes in the details of constructionand in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carryin myinvention into practice Without sacri cing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is I i In combination with a boiler having an opening inits top, a casing supported by the top of such boiler and having asemi-circular contact plate thereon, an arm pivotally mounted on thecasing, a contact brush carried by said arm for engagement with saidplate, anarcuate series of contacts arranged in spaced relation with thefirst contact plate, a second contact brush carried by the outer end ofthe arm and adapted for engagement with theseries of contacts, a sec-0nd arm extending at an angle with respect to the first arm, areciprocating rod directed through the opening in the top of the boiler,a link pivotally connecting the upper extremity of the rod and thesecond arm, and a goat carried by the lower extremity of the ro Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

SAMUEL E. CAUGHEY.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL Bor'r, J OE ALBRECHT.

